International optometry company Specsavers has paused the global standardization of its Oracle ERP system and moved to third-party support, saving £5 million ($6.5 million) that can be reallocated to the business.

The company, which also provides hearing tests from thousands of retail outlets, plans to migrate to the cloud and upgrade or move to a new platform over the next four years.

The company estimates that by moving off Oracle support for its E-Business Suite (EBS) ERP v12.2 systems and onto third-party support from Spinnaker Support, it will save £5 million over the next three years.

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